To Stain/Paint or not to...

The customer is always right- give them what they want! Make some stuff without a finish and see how it sells.

I most often like the clear coats, being able to see the wood. Most other people (non-woodworker) I talk to like the stained / dyed stuff. I agree with lew if you’re making it for someone eles the finish they want is the right one.

-- Alan, Prince George

What I am hearing here is to just leave the wood bare and let the customer do what they want to do with it.

-- Jim - Cushing, WI

The unfinished Item is pretty popular around here as well, I see quite a few at the markets. My only thought/question would be regarding the pricing of it. I’ve seen people who knock so much off of the price that they then have trouble moving the finished items.

-- -Peter

If you want the money for doing the finish work, do the finish work. But, like Lew said, the customer is always right.

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

Hi Jim I would up the price of finished items by 15% and sell unfinished at the present rate there by still making a few bucks Yes the customer is always right there fore give them what they want

-- Always give it your best shot